Confederate Ancestors & Kin of Robert H. Moore, II
Confederate Ancestors & Kin of Robert H. Moore, II
Great-Great-Great Grandfathers
1) Pvt. Joseph Richards, Booton’s – Chapman’s Dixie Artillery & Co. A, 35th Bttn. Va. Cav. Born January 15, 1833. Died March 20, 1916.
2) Pvt. Absalom Franklin Nauman, 2nd Co. M, 62nd Virginia Infantry. Born March 20, 1821. Enlisted (possibly conscripted) 5/4/1864 at Upperville. Absent sick as of 10/31/1864 and 12/31/1864. No further record. Died September 20, 1896.
3) Pvt. Thomas Eaton, Co. A, 58th Va. Militia (Rockingham County). B. ca. 1825. He died after 1865.
4) Pvt.Garnett Nicholson, Co. A, 82nd Virginia Militia (Madison County, Virginia) Born ca. 1826. Died June 15, 1904.
Great-Great Grandfathers
5) Pvt. Henry K. Emerson, Co. D, “Massanutten Rangers,” 7th Va. Cav. Born December 12, 1840. Enlisted 8/12/1861 at Luray. Not stated if present or absent 11 – 12/1861. Present 11 – 12/1862. Present 4/1/1864 on detached duty as orderly, 7th Va. Cav. Absent 4/30/1864 on furlough since 4/15/1864. Absent 5/1/1864 – 8/31/1864 at hospital sick since 8/15/1864. Post war resident of Ida. Died January 14, 1918.
6) Pvt. Charles Robert Hilliard, Co. D, “Massanutten Rangers,” 7th Va. Cav. B. October 3, 1844 in Frederick County, Va. Not on muster rolls. Pension record shows that he enlisted in the fall of 1864 near Timberville, Va. Was with the 7th Virginia Cav. shortly and then assigned as a courier and wagonmaster for Major J.C. Sexton in the commissary department of the Stonewall Brigade. Sick at Waynesboro, 1/65 with fever and sent home. At home at the time of surrender. Post war farmer and resident of Stanley, Page Co. Blind in one eye. Missing thumb and little finger of right hand. Helped build the Gordonsville Turnpiuke and the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. Was married five times. Brother of Jacob F. Hilliard. Died Honey Run Hollow, Page Co., Va., January 20, 1936. Buried at Leake’s Chapel Cem., Honeyville. Supposed to be the oldest Confederate Veteran then alive in Page Co. at the time of his death.
7) Pvt. James Harvey Mayes, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia & Co. D, “Massanutten Rangers,” 7th Va. Cav. Born August 28, 1835, the seventh child of Rodham and Anna Offenbacker Mayes. Initially enlisted with Co. I, 97th Virginia Militia. Less than a year later, on April 25, 1862, enlisted with Co. D, 7th Virginia Cavalry. James was one of six brothers to “wear the gray” during the War Between the States.
Seeing extensive service through 1862, James was set back by illness and sent home on a surgeon’s certificate during November and December. After recovering from his ailments, by the spring of 1863, he had returned to fight at Brandy Station and Upperville, where he had his horse shot from under him on June 21. With the compensation of $437, James sought out another mount, returned to duty and fought on through 1863, bearing witness to the wounding of his brother, Thaddeus W. Mayes, at Rapidan Station on September 14, 1863. Though suffering a severe wound to the lung, Thad would continue to lead a remarkable life and would actually survive to become one of the last three Confederate Veterans alive in Page County before he died in 1936.
On November 12, 1864, in action at Nineveh, just north of Front Royal, James would also be wounded severely and like his brother, in the lung. According to the descriptions of the wound, James took three balls from a seven shooter “pepperbox pistol.” While two of the balls were removed, a third, which had entered two inches below the collar bone in the left side and breast (lung), could not be removed.
Family stories state that James was among the group of men of the Massanutten Rangers who were trying to recover Lt. Col. Thomas A. Marshall (a grandson of Chief Justice John Marshall) from the battlefield during the retreat. Marshall, who according to one account had only stated minutes before that “I always had a horror of being shot in the back,” was struck in his back on the left side while the bullet exited through his heart. Page County Comrades Mark Ruffner and John W. Stover attempted to recover the fallen Marshall but were unable to take him from the field. Several hours later, the Confederates returned to find the colonel “stripped of everything save pants and a flannel shirt. His pockets had been turned out.”
James Mayes was listed on a surgeons certificate for at least two weeks and it is uncertain if he was ever able to return to full duty before the end of the war. When he died on February 3, 1892, the cause was attributed to the Yankee ball that he still carried, having formed an abscess on his lung.
8) Pvt. Siram W. Offenbacker, Keyser’s Boy Co. & 2nd Co. M, 62nd Va. Inf. Enlisted (possibly conscripted) 5/4/1864 at Upperville. Present as of 10/31/1864 & 12/31/1864. No further record.
Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Uncles
9) Pvt. Ambrose C. Huffman, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia & Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf. Born 3/30/1838. Enlisted 4/7/1862. Wounded near Manassas 8/27/1862 to 9/1/1862. Present 12/63. POW 9/17/1864 at Strasburg (Fisher’s Hill). Sent to Pt. Lookout, 9/30/1864. Exchanged 3/17/1865. Died August 1904 at Bixler’s Ferry.
10) Pvt. Isaac Monroe Huffman, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia & Co. B, 7th Va. Cav. B. 12/27/1845, Naked Creek, Page Co., Va. Resided at Waverlie, Page Co., in 1860. On post war rosters only.which show that he enlisted 7/6/1861. Some state that he may have served in Co. A. Died 8/5/1889. Buried Strickler Cem., Luray, at Fletcher’s Chapel on Rt. 675, Page Co.
11) Pvt. James Gideon Nauman, Dixie Artillery & Co. D or E, 7th Va. Cav. Born 12/20/1836. Enlisted 4/20/1861 in Rappahannock Co. Family tradition states that he served on recruiting service when he first joined. Wounded in the foot at Chancellorsville which caused him to lose a toe. This also contributed to his having rheumatism. Wounded at Gettysburg in the shoulder, nursed back to health by a Yankee family. Not on muster rolls. Deserted and surrendered 1/25/1864. Took the oath of allegiance and sent north. Described as age 34, 5’9”, dark complexion, dark hair, and light eyes. A farmer residing in Page County. Was on the roll of POWs at the Fair Ground Hospital, Petersburg, 5/2/65. Died in Culpeper, 5/2/1926.
12) Pvt. Joseph Nicholson, Co. F, 38th Va. Inf. Conscript, enlisted in 1864. Captured at the Battle of Five Forks.
13) Pvt. Vancouver Nicholson, Co. G, 12th Va. Cav.
14) Capt. Michael Shuler, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf. B. ca. 1844. Attended Roanoke College. Enlisted 6/1/61 at Luray as a lieutenant. Elected to captain 4/21/1862. Present thru 12/63. Killed in action on 5/5/1864 at the Wilderness.
15) Pvt. Abraham Strole, Dixie Artillery & Purcell Battery
16) Pvt. Hiram Philip Strole, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf. Enlisted 3/15/1862. Present 4/62. Killed in action 8/29/1862 at Second Manassas.
18) Pvt. Joel Knight, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf. Enlisted 6/1/1861 at Luray. AWOL 7/23/1861 to 8/61. Absent sick 10/61. AWOL 12/15/1861 thru 2/20/1862. Present 2/62. Deserted 3/8/62. Captured and died as a POW at Pt. Lookout, Md. Buried there in grave #1743.
19) Pvt. George Washington Koontz, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf. Enlisted 6/1/1861 at Luray. Present thru 4/62. AWOL 6/5/1862 – 10/62. Sentenced by court martial to loss of pay , public reprimand, and made to wear a barrel for 3 days. Wounded at Chancellorsville 5/3/1863. Present 8/63 thru 12/63. POW 3/2/1865 at Waynesboro. Sent to Ft. Delaware 3/12/1865/ Took oath and released 6/20/1865. Listed as 5’7”, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes.
20) Pvt. Martin Van Buren Koontz, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf. Enlisted 6/1/1861 at Luray. Wounded 7/21/1861 at First Manassas. Died 7/23/1861.
21) Pvt. Reuben Franklin Koontz, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. Born 1/22/1841 in Page Co. Farm laborer in Rockingham Co. in 1860. Enlisted 4/25/1863 at Luray. Present 4/1/1864, 4/30/64, 5/1/64 – 8/31/64. Known as “Duck” to his comrades. No further record. Member of the S.B. Gibbons Camp in Harrisonburg. Post war resident of Athlone. Cousin to John P. & Peter Koontz. Died Lacey’ Springs, 11/18/1921. Buried Mountain Valley United Brethren Church Cem., Rockingham Co.
22) Pvt. Peter Painter, Co. F, 97th Va. Militia & 2nd Co. M, 62nd Va. Inf. Enlisted 5/4/1864 at Upperville. Present as of 10/31/1864. AWOL as of 12/31/1864. No further record.
23) Pvt. Jeremiah Purdham, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia
24) Pvt. Howard Richards, Booton’s – Chapman’s Dixie Artillery & Co. A, 35th Bttn. Va. Cav.
25) Pvt. John H. Roudabush, Co. I, 14th Va. Cav.
26) Pvt. Andrew Jackson Shuler, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia
Great-Great-Great Uncles
27) Pvt. Elijah Russell Dorrough, Keyser’s Boy Co. & Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. Born ca. 1845. Residing in Grove Hill in 1860. Not on muster rolls. Paroled at Appomattox CH, 4/9/1865, a resident of Page Co. Name does not appear on Appomattox Parole List. Post war resident of Grove Hill. Alive in 1917, age 72. Brother of James H. Dorraugh.
28) Pvt. James Hiram Dorrough, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. Born 11/9/1837, Page Co. Residing in Grove Hill in 1860. Enlisted 6/1/1861 in Luray. Not state if present or absent 11 – 12/61. Absent on Regimental Return for 12/62, sick on surgeon’s certificate since 12/5/1862. Appeared before a medical examining board near Strasburg 12/4/62, had been unfit for duty 50 days out of the last 60. Discharged at New Market 1/1/63 due to paralysis affecting the left side, rendering him permanently disabled. Described as age 25, 5’10”, ruddy complexion, light hair, blue eyes, a farmer. Brother of Elijah R. Dorrough. Died. 10/25/1870. Buried United Methodist Church Cem., Shenandoah, Va.
29) Pvt. Jacob D. Emerson, Co. E, 7th Va. Cav. Born 1/11/1845. Resident of Grove Hill at age 15 in 1860. Enlisted 3/1/1864 at Timberville, Va. Present 2/29/64 – 3/31/1864. Present 3 – 4/1864, had a bay horse, appraised at $700. Not stated if present or absent 7 – 8/64. AWOL since 12/20/1864. Died 8/17/1887. Brother to Henry K. Emerson and James Emerson
30) Pvt. James Joseph Emerson, Co. E, “Emerald Guard,” 33rd Va. Inf. Enlisted 3/10/1862. Present on every muster roll until 3/31/1864. No further record.
31) Pvt. Henry Philip Good, Co. K, 10th Va. Inf. Enlisted 12/61 at Manassas as a private. Killed in action 5/3/1863 at Chancellorsville.
32) Pvt. Jacob F. Hilliard, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. B. ca,. 1845. Enlisted 4/1/62 at Luray. Hired as a substitute for Charles W. Dovel. Present 11 – 12/62. Absent 4/1/64 on detached service, 10 days since 3/24/64. Present 4/30/64. Present 5/1/1864 – 8/31/1864. Post war resident and carpenter in Winchester, Va. Moved to Oklahoma after 1880. Settled at Turkey Ford (now Grove), Oklahoma. Died ca. 1926. Buried Council House Cem., Turkey Ford, Oklahoma. Brother of Charles Robert Hilliard.
33) Pvt. Henry Morgan Mayes, Co. I & E, 97th Va. Militia
34) Pvt. Lorenzo Franklin Mayes, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia & Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. Born ca. 1832. Carpenter and resident of Leksville, Page Co. in 1860. Postwar rosters only. Brother of James H. Mayes & Thaddeus Wellington Mayes.
35) Pvt. Thaddeus Wellington Mayes, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. Born ca. 1843. Residing in Leaksville, Page Co. in 1860. Enl. 3/26/1863 in Luray. Absent 4/1/64, having been wounded at Rapidan Station (in the lung), 9/14/63. Sent home unfit for duty. Present 4/30/64, having returned to duty 4/23/64. Present thru 8/31/64. Brother of James H. & Lorenzo F. Mayes. Post war resident of Stanley, Page Co. Died as one of the last three Confederate Veterans remaining in Page Co., 1/18/1936..
36) Pvt. Joseph Siram Nauman, 2nd Co. M, 62nd Va. Infantry. Enlisted 5/4/1864 at Upperville. Absent sick as of 10/31/1864 & 12/31/1864. No further record.
37) Pvt. Jacob Offenbacker, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia (Page County)
38) Pvt. John N. Offenbacker, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav. Enl. 9/1/62 in Luray. Present 11 – 12/62. Company blacksmith. Absent 4/1/64 on detached service for 12 days, 3/31/1864. Present 4/30/64. Absent 5/1/64 – 8/31/64. At home on surgeons certificate since 5/14/64. NFR.
39) Pvt. Thomas M. Offenbacker, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia
40) Cpl. Sampson Shifflett, Co. I, “Riverton Invincibles,” 10th Va. Inf. Enl. 4/18/61 at Conrad’s Store as 3rd Cpl. Noted as private 4/30/62, having been absent sick from 7/61 – 10/62. AWOL 11/22/62 – 1/63. Absent sick after 6/9/63. No record after 12/31/64. Married Clarissa Shifflett 12/28/43.
1st cousin, 4 times removed
41) Erasmus Lee Bell, Captain, Co. K, 10th Va. Inf.
42) Andrew Jackson Cave, Co. K, 10th Va. Inf.
43) Andrew W. Cave, Co. F, 97th Va. Militia, Co. K, 10th Va. Inf., Co. E, 7th Va. Cav.
44) Isaac T. Cave, Co. K, 97th Va. Militia
45) Hiram A.J. Foltz, Co. K, 10th Va. Inf., Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
1st cousin, 5 times removed
46) Andrew Jackson Campbell, Co. E, 7th Va. Cav.
47) George Washington Campbell, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf.
48) David F. Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
49) Harrison C. Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
50) Isaac C. Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
51) Joseph Milton Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
52) Thomas Jefferson Dovel, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia
53) James Huffman, Pvt., Co. I, 10th Va. Inf. Huffman was later the author of Ups and Downs of a Confederate Soldier (1940)
54) Harrison Warren Koontz, Pvt., Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf.
55) Isaac Newton Koontz, Sgt., Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
56) Hugh McCall Moore, QM Sgt., Co. G, 49th Ga. Infantry
1st cousin, 6 times removed
57) Henry P. Aleshire, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf.
58) Charles W. Dovel, 58th Militia, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
59) Gordianus Dovel, Co. L, 97th Va. Militia, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
60) John D.M. Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
61) Noah W. Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
62) Peter S. Dovel, Co. I & L, 97th Va. Militia, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
63) William A. Dovel, Co. L, 97th Va. Militia, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
64) William Tazewell Dovel, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
65) Gideon Foltz, Co. E, 97th Va. Militia, Co. B, 8th Bttn. Va. Reserves
66) John P. Foltz, Co. I, 62nd Va. Mounted Infantry
2nd cousin, 4 times removed
67) Isaac Newton Dovel, Keyser’s Boy Co. Reserves
68) Joseph Larmer Foltz, 2nd Co. M, 62nd Va. Mtd. Inf.
69) George S. Rentz, Phillips’ Legion, Ga.
2nd cousin, 5 times removed
70) Capt. John D. Aleshire Co. I, 97th Va. Militia
71) Andrew Jackson Brubaker, Co. I, 97th Va. Militia, Co. K, 10th Va. Inf.
72) John H. Brubaker, Co. H, 33rd Va. Inf.
73) Andrew Jackson Foltz, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
2nd cousin, 6 times removed
74) Nathaniel Alger, Co. K, 7th Va. Cav.
3rd cousin, 5 times removed
75) Henry Lewis Gunnell, 1st Lieutenant, Co. E, 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry; formerly Co. A, 17th Virginia Infantry.
76) Ambrose Powell Hill, Commanding General, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
3rd cousin, 6 times removed
77) Robert Edward Lee, Commanding General, Army of Northern Virginia
3rd cousin, 7 times removed
78) George Edward Pickett, Commanding General, Pickett's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
5th cousin, 5 times removed
79) George Washington Summers, Captain, Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.
